This is the version as I heard it. It may not be perfect, I know there's a chord
when they say "stars" in the bridge, but I can't figure it out. Perhaps A or A7 I
am not sure b/c of the harmony. Play with and see what you think.
- Nick
Verse: - - -
E---0---3---3---1--|
B---1---0---0---1--|
G---2---0---0---2--|
D---2---0---0---3--|
A---0---2---2---3--|
E---0---3---3---1--|
Chorus: - - -
E---0---3---2---1--|
B---1---0---3---1--|
G---0---0---4---2--|
D---2---0---4---3--|
A---3---2---2---3--|
E---0---3---2---1--|
Bridge:
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
or
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------0-0---2-2---|
D-------3-3---------0-0---2-2---3-3---------------|
A-------------3-3---------------------------------|
E--1-1--------------------------------------------|
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Intro/Verse: Am - G - G - F
Lyin’ in the park
On a beautiful day
Sun shine in the grass and the children play
Siren’s passin’
Fire engine's red
Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this
The evening comes
And we’re hangin’ out
On the front step
And a car goes by with the windows rolled down
And that war song is playin “why can’t we be friends?”
Someone's screamin’ and cryin’ in the apartment upstairs
Chorus:
Funny the way it is
And if you think about it
Somebody’s goin’ hungry
And someone else is eatin’ out
Funny the way it is
Whether right or wrong
Somebody’s heart is broken
And it becomes your favorite song
Bridge: (Instrument only)
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
The way your mouth feels in your lover’s kiss
Like a pretty bird on a breeze
Or water to a fish
But a bomb blast brings the building crashin’ to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war
Chorus:
Funny the way it is
And if you think about it
One kid walks 10 miles to school
While another’s droppin’ out
Funny the way it is
No matter right or wrong
On a soldier’s last breath
His baby’s being born
(Played with the words below)
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
or
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------0-0---2-2---|
D-------3-3---------0-0---2-2---3-3---------------|
A-------------3-3---------------------------------|
E--1-1--------------------------------------------|
Standin’ on a bridge
Watch the water passin’ under me
It must have been much harder
When there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and stars
Fill: x2
Verse:
Watch the sky the jet-planes
So far out of my reach
Is there someone up there lookin’ down on me?
Boy chase a bird
So close but every time
He never catch her
But he can’t stop trying
Chorus:
Funny the way it is
And if you think about it
One kid walks 10 miles to school
While another’s droppin’ out
Funny the way it is
No matter right or wrong
On a soldier’s last breath
His baby’s being born
Funny the way it is
No matter right or wrong
Somebody’s broken heart
And it becomes your favorite song
Funny the way it is
And if you think about it
One kid walks 10 miles to school
While another’s droppin’ out
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
or
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------0-0---2-2---|
D-------3-3---------0-0---2-2---3-3---------------|
A-------------3-3---------------------------------|
E--1-1--------------------------------------------|
Standin’ on a bridge
Watch the water passin’ under me
It must have been much harder
When there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and stars